Robert Falcon Scott Quotes

As one looks across the barren stretches of the pack, it is sometimes difficult to realise what teeming life exists immediately beneath its surface.

Robert Falcon Scott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: explorer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 6, 1868 - March 29, 1912

Topics

LifeLooksSometimesDifficultPack

The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism - how should poetry escape?

John Crowe Ransom

PoetryEscapeArtsModernismHow

A lot of the time in modern Britain, certainly in urban life, we barely have any contact at all with the people around us.

John Lanchester

LifeTimePeopleContactModernUs

Was Judas Iscariot a figure of history? I do not think so. There is no mention of him in any source before the 8th decade.

John Shelby Spong

HistoryThinkDecadeHimSourceAny

I've never really been the type of person who worries much about what people think of me.

Stephen Baldwin

PeopleMeThinkPersonNeverBeen

Well, I believe life is a Zen koan, that is, an unsolvable riddle. But the contemplation of that riddle - even though it cannot be solved - is, in itself, transformative. And if the contemplation is of high enough quality, you can merge with the divine.

Tom Robbins

LifeQualityBelieveEnoughYou

When I was young, anywhere I would go in Germany, I would see my father's posters. Everyone knew about him. And he had many friends who were artists who were also quite famous. So, for me, it seemed very natural to be an artist and be known.

Ruth Bernhard

FatherMeFamousFriendsArtistGo

Ever since I was six or seven, I wanted to be a professional footballer.

Romelu Lukaku

ProfessionalFootballerSixSeven

I'm not accident prone, really, but I was cutting something and sort of lost control, and it went through my big toe. There was a lot of blood and I nearly fainted, but its totally fine now.

Michelle Dockery

ControlLostNowBloodThroughBig

It's one of the nice things about this nation that when the Constitution is violated, if it affects you, you can bring a suit.

Michael Newdow

ConstitutionYouNiceNationBring

You know, as fiction writers, if our instincts are off, we can't pay our bills.

Lorrie Moore

YouKnowPayFictionOffBills

I am such a vacation girl. I have little places that I go to frequently! If I am not too busy on a weekend, I try to go someplace like Mexico or Manzanillo or something like that.

LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

GirlVacationI AmBusyWeekendGo

I worked out early on to give up things I couldn't do well at all.

Christopher Hitchens

EarlyOutUpThingsGiveWell

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